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Are you content?
Do you feel loved?
Do you find solace?
But no, there is something else, simmering.
Don’t let the limelight get the best of you.
You’ve had all of what you wanted.
Now’s the time to reach what you need.
There was a time for spontaneity.
Now is the time for organization.
Don’t worry, the kid’s heart will keep living on.
You just make sure to build the house for him first.
4.8.2025
I will find a way to fix it.
No matter what happens,
no matter what comes in my way,
I’ll be there for you,
to face the challenge together,
and to fix this problem together.
I’ll be fine a way.
Don’t you worry.
4.7.2025
I hope there was meaning in it.
I hope we made a meaning of it.
We fought for it. I fought for it.
What is left in the end?
I am searching in my eyes,
in my mind, in written words.
All I know is there’s a need to find a good fight,
a fight for our identity, a fight for goodness,
a fight for better future.
4.6.2025
When the ground falls and you plunge —
straight into the water —
you remember the fear you’ve forgotten awhile ago.
Like a torrential rain, it will dissipate
cotton candy clouds of idyllic daze,
and the familiar senses — the survival —
kicks right back in.
But don’t you go chasing after that stick yet.
Remember the rhythm, the breathing, so that you can see —
beyond what is immediate, beyond what feels tangible, and for what we will stand for in the end.
Remember the smile. Remember the soft warmth. Remember the playfulness.
Remember that you are loved.
4.5.2025
I like seeing your smile.
Like a small white budding flower
on the eve of a spring,
It brings soft warmth to my heart.
Yes — there are times for the sparring —
Let us savor this moment’s scent,
cherishing this dreamlike ephemeral peace.
May it keep our humanity within us.
I like you, you know.
I think we are a good team.
I enjoy our journey together.
I want to be with you as long as the time allows.
4.4.2025
I know I must grow;
please grant me enough strength
to understand than to wish to be understood.
Grant me enough wisdom to forgive for the sake of virtue, not for selfish interests.
Grant me enough clarity to see through the noise
and see others for who they really are.
4.3.2025
Thank you for being kindhearted.
I was once blind with self-pity,
but your warmth has shown me the way.
It’s not easy, nor will it get easier,
but I can keep chugging along,
knowing I have the warmth in me
that can reach out to others and grow together.
4.2.2025
Soft and sweet.
I will remember you by.
As if in a dream,
no more traces left behind.
Shedding our leftover skin,
we march with a lion’s heart of a kind.
Though we hold on by the skin of our teeth,
no more regrets as we sit to dine.
Hold your glass of crystalline,
may we meet again to cherish this wine.
4.1.2025
In spite of it all, I am content.
I have seen, felt, and talked.
I have ran as hard as I could,
even if it was on a treadmill.
I will remember them all,
and count the joy we’ve had.
In the end, it was marvelous,
it was beautiful, it was glorious.
3.31.2025
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